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[John Foust]

At 06:46 PM 5/24/2005, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
>Plus, and this has
>been expressed several times already, when you're talking about preserving
>information, ALWAYS EXPECT THE WORST.  It is the safest approach.

OK, I'll try to bring this back on topic.  I know this question's
been asked one way or another a number of times before.  

Are there any new developments in computer-driven printing technology 
that bring us closer to archival output?  Conventional laser 
printing is not it; I think the plastic ink is too sensitive 
to remelting or flaking under heat or pressure.  

 From this perspective, ink jet looks as long-lasting as any water-soluble 
dipped-pen ink that's survived for a few hundred years depending on conditions.
Are archival ink-jet photo papers more resin-coated? 

Are dye-sublimation printers (see http://science.howstuffworks.com/question583.htm )
a good shot for printing technologies that might be good for some
crazy scheme like Paperbytes that'll store digital data on paper?

- John